Robert Blum – Ethical issues in research and programming with young adolescents

This talk is part of the Child Participation in Safeguarding 2022 – a global conference on children and young people’s participation in safeguarding. 6-8 September 2022.

In this session presents recent survey data from researchers, service providers and donors of critical issues in providing services to young adolescents and undertaking research with them. Guidelines for ethical approaches with be presented and discussed. [7 September 2022]

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Robert Blum is the emeritus William H. Gates, Sr Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and former Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. An author of over 325 publications, he has held prominent roles including Past-President of the Society for Adolescent Medicine and Health and chair positions at the Guttmacher Institute and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Adolescent Health. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine, he has consulted for global organisations like The World Bank, UNICEF and WHO. In 2021, he led research for UNICEF’s report on Adolescent Mental Health.

Acknowledgements: we would like to thank Porticus and the members of the organising committee for their support and contributions which made this event possible: Arigatou International, Hintalovon Foundation, Kids Alive International, SOS Children's Villages International, Terre des hommes, Villages of Hope Africa and WePROTECT Global Alliance.

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